HPE FlexFabric 5940 SERIES Configuration Guide

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Configuring the unknown frame forwarding rule
after the MAC learning limit is reached
You can enable or disable forwarding of unknown frames after the MAC learning limit is reached.
To configure the device to forward unknown frames received on the interface after the MAC learning
limit on the interface is reached:
Step Command Remarks
1. Enter system view.
system-view
N/A
2. Enter interface view.
• Enter Layer 2 Ethernet
interface view.
interface interface-type
interface-number
• Enter Layer 2 aggregate
interface view.
interface
bridge-aggregation
interface-number
N/A
3. Configure the device to
forward unknown frames
received on the interface
after the MAC learning limit
on the interface is reached.
mac-address max-mac-count
enable-forwarding
By default, the device can forward
unknown frames received on an
interface after the MAC learning
limit on the interface is reached.
Assigning MAC learning priority to interfaces
The MAC learning priority mechanism assigns either low priority or high priority to an interface. An
interface with high priority can learn MAC addresses as usual. However, an interface with low priority
is not allowed to learn MAC addresses already learned on a high-priority interface.
The MAC learning priority mechanism can help defend your network against MAC address spoofing
attacks. In a network that performs MAC-based forwarding, an upper layer device MAC address
might be learned by a downlink interface because of a loop or attack to the downlink interface. To
avoid this issue, perform the following tasks:
• Assign high MAC learning priority to an uplink interface.
• Assign low MAC learning priority to a downlink interface.
To assign MAC learning priority to an interface:
Step Command Remarks
1. Enter system view.
system-view
N/A
2. Enter interface view.
• Enter Layer 2 Ethernet interface
view:
interface interface-type
interface-number
• Enter Layer 2 aggregate
interface view:
interface bridge-aggregation
interface-number
N/A
3. Assign MAC learning priority
to the interface.
mac-address mac-learning priority
{
high
|
low
}
By default, low MAC learning
priority is used.

HPE FlexFabric 5940 SERIES Specifications

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Model	FlexFabric 5940 SERIES
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